The Eye Opener
Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012
In Step Twelve, we learn that we should “try to carry this message to alcoholics” but only after we have “had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps.”
Notice, please, that it does not say that we have an “understanding,” but it says “spiritual awakening.” It takes no English scholar to know the meaning of every one of those two hundred words. A child of ten can grasp what the words actually say, but it is only when we have had this spiritual experience can we understand their full significance.
Only when we have this spiritual experience do we fully possess the Program, and unless we possess it, it is certain that we cannot give it away.
Hazelden Foundation
Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012
Notice, please, that it does not say that we have an “understanding,” but it says “spiritual awakening.” It takes no English scholar to know the meaning of every one of those two hundred words. A child of ten can grasp what the words actually say, but it is only when we have had this spiritual experience can we understand their full significance.
Only when we have this spiritual experience do we fully possess the Program, and unless we possess it, it is certain that we cannot give it away.
Hazelden Foundation
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